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president obama promised us that under the new health care law, we would save $2-b,500 but our premiums will be increasing by over 7,000 a year. another couple contacted me saying that their rates will double and cost them an additional $7,000 per year. they wrote, "we are both in our second careers and in our 50's working hard and doing two jobs. blue-collar couple who are very healthy, under the so-called affordable care law. our rates are going to double." scott from concord wrote to me, "i currently have a great family plan through my work. this plan costs me $240 per month. on january 1, this plan will cost me $600 per month. i can't afford to pay such a high premium. now i am forced to get a plan that has a 50% greater deductible and much higher co-pays." i also heard from a mother from manchester. she has a little girl who is scheduled to have surgery at the beginning of january. as any mother would be, sh she s worried and now sh she has been told that her plan has been canceled. she wrote, "liked and my current plan is not available through the exchange. i will have to purchase
president obama promised us that under the new health care law, we would save $2-b,500 but our premiums will be increasing by over 7,000 a year. another couple contacted me saying that their rates will double and cost them an additional $7,000 per year. they wrote, "we are both in our second careers and in our 50's working hard and doing two jobs. blue-collar couple who are very healthy, under the so-called affordable care law. our rates are going to double." scott from concord wrote...
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but this child, emily, is now 22 years old. susan, wrote me this letter to say, i know you are struggling with the aca and i want to tell you this is worth fighting for. she goes on to describe her daughter, who lost her hearing as a young child, struggle through and got great grades and ended up going to one of the toughest universities in the country, as she was partially deaf. she then gets hit i a car. too much to believe, but it is true. gets hit by a car and, had she not in at the age of 22 on the affordable care act, she would have virtually no insurance today. do not lose sight of the promise of the bill, even though we have to get it fixed. dana. go ahead. >> look the president is doing is encouraging insurance companies to give people back their plans. their legislation would require it. is he going far enough and will you continue to push? >> the president posses guidance was welcome and well received. we may have to fashion some legislation and we will continue to work in that regard. >> what is the democratic leade
but this child, emily, is now 22 years old. susan, wrote me this letter to say, i know you are struggling with the aca and i want to tell you this is worth fighting for. she goes on to describe her daughter, who lost her hearing as a young child, struggle through and got great grades and ended up going to one of the toughest universities in the country, as she was partially deaf. she then gets hit i a car. too much to believe, but it is true. gets hit by a car and, had she not in at the age of...
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tomorrow will be november 22. and ever since i was a law student, november 22 has always brought a feeling of dread to me. tomorrow will be 50 years since president kennedy was murdered. my wife marcel and i were living in washington at that time. she was a young nurse, registered nurse, working at the v.a. hospital on wisconsin avenue, a site now that is occupied by the russian embassy. she was helping me put this equally impoverished law student through georgetown law school. we had been there in this basement apartment, first during the cuban missile crisis. and, like everybody, we held our breath in this city, wondering if this new, young president, john f. kennedy, could get us through this crisis without plunging the world into nuclear war. i was excited -- we both were -- to be in the same city. my family has always been democrats back in jermt whe vern the joke was, "that's where the democrat lives," there were so few of them in vermont. but with an irish-catholic carnlg anfather, and italian-cac mother, a
tomorrow will be november 22. and ever since i was a law student, november 22 has always brought a feeling of dread to me. tomorrow will be 50 years since president kennedy was murdered. my wife marcel and i were living in washington at that time. she was a young nurse, registered nurse, working at the v.a. hospital on wisconsin avenue, a site now that is occupied by the russian embassy. she was helping me put this equally impoverished law student through georgetown law school. we had been...
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v- 22's. i have directed the marine corps to make sure that this order is expedited. that means israel will get six v-22's out of the next order to go on the assembly line, and they will be compatible with other idf capabilities. the israeli and american defense relationship is stronger than ever. that isn't due just to where i am at my time. that's due to previous secretaries of defense -- panetta, gates, all the previous secretaries, this organization, the american people, our congress, past presidents -- we've all worked together to strengthen this relationship. another area of our common security interests is preventing iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. [applause] the united states is presently testing iranian intentions for a diplomatic solution. as we engage iran along with our partners, we are very clear-eyed about the reality in the middle east. iran is a state sponsor of terror, responsible for spreading hatred and extremism throughout the region. but foreign policy is not a zero-
v- 22's. i have directed the marine corps to make sure that this order is expedited. that means israel will get six v-22's out of the next order to go on the assembly line, and they will be compatible with other idf capabilities. the israeli and american defense relationship is stronger than ever. that isn't due just to where i am at my time. that's due to previous secretaries of defense -- panetta, gates, all the previous secretaries, this organization, the american people, our congress, past...
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i was a military brat until i was 22. i think the civilian-military divide is far less today than it was back in those age. -- those days. we do live very sheltered. when you are in the military, you have the best px, the postage change, the store, for lehman la --yman. -- laymen. still today, if you want to go to a real grocery store you go to a military base. because of the wars, extra divide in that sense. civilian armada -- are not allowed to go on the military base as they used to, so they are going to feel that divide. but as far as emotional divide, i feel that military families are more open-minded because you have more access to the world. so, we try to close that divide as often as we can but every time we have a war, we shut down and closed the gates down, a get wider and it is back and forth. my opinion. thank you. host: michael noonan? your thoughts. guest: your caller makes excellent points. my generation of veterans experienced nothing like the people who served in vietnam and came back and were kind of rea
i was a military brat until i was 22. i think the civilian-military divide is far less today than it was back in those age. -- those days. we do live very sheltered. when you are in the military, you have the best px, the postage change, the store, for lehman la --yman. -- laymen. still today, if you want to go to a real grocery store you go to a military base. because of the wars, extra divide in that sense. civilian armada -- are not allowed to go on the military base as they used to, so they...
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he was 26 and my mother was 24. think of it. it was after world war ii so it was still -- the rules were still there where you have to go calling. the supreme court on monday and the summit on wednesday and there was my mother this 24-year-old girl and of course people were older than they are now so her first day of having to go calling and the horn hunks of side. she goes running down and it's lady bird johnson and al gore's mother. they took her calling that first day and the friendship has been warm to the point all through her husband's political life and then when they both became widows they travel together and had a wonderful time together. >> host: we are quite a step back in time and learn more about the biography of the woman who became first lady on december 22, 1963 but before he but but before he do that her minder of your involvement. we hope you will join in. three ways you can do it. you can tweet us at c-span's web site at first lady's and we are already taking questions from people on our facebook page and you
he was 26 and my mother was 24. think of it. it was after world war ii so it was still -- the rules were still there where you have to go calling. the supreme court on monday and the summit on wednesday and there was my mother this 24-year-old girl and of course people were older than they are now so her first day of having to go calling and the horn hunks of side. she goes running down and it's lady bird johnson and al gore's mother. they took her calling that first day and the friendship has...
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you know, we reported on may 24 in the interview with the iran's u.n. ambassador, iran welcomed georgia geneva 2 initiative, which is the u.s.-russia-u.n. agreement to try to pursue a peace conference on syria. they welcomed it as early as may. if you look at, again, i come back to jeff feldman, what he said in october, he said it's hard for me to imagine a solution in syria that works if iran isn't somehow engaged and involved in this. in one form or another. we are focused on how you implement the geneva action plan from last year, so we would want to make sure that whoever accepts the invitation to participate understands they're there to show support for a political solution based on the geneva communique. whether they are the regional, international, or syria parties they need to make sure they are there to implement geneva. should we be engaged with iran or in the? i think we should be engaged with ish. i don't know if iran will accept the geneva communique. they certainly offered to help play a role in geneva if there is invited. again iran is th
you know, we reported on may 24 in the interview with the iran's u.n. ambassador, iran welcomed georgia geneva 2 initiative, which is the u.s.-russia-u.n. agreement to try to pursue a peace conference on syria. they welcomed it as early as may. if you look at, again, i come back to jeff feldman, what he said in october, he said it's hard for me to imagine a solution in syria that works if iran isn't somehow engaged and involved in this. in one form or another. we are focused on how you...
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obama won 52 percent of the college votes but only 46% of the district and 22 percent of the 3100 counties. so this makes winning the house a tall order. and if democrats won the total house vote by 6.8 percent that would be quite a bit and perhaps put them in line for the majority. during the shutdown we saw ballot polling that showed the democrats near that and republicans in the danger zone. it has come back to earth since the affordable care act neutralized the damage and both fell. there are two types of races. the first is democrats against republican incumbents. democrats are recruiting and having success in district that they left on the table in last year's election. and if you think about those districts where democrats didn't play in 2012. they have them running against lee terry now and in indiana's second district and new york's 23 district and michigan's 7th district. so democrats are trying to compete where they failed to recruit top tier people in 2012. ask the other types of republicans we should keep an eye on are the republicans sitting in democratic seats. gary miller i
obama won 52 percent of the college votes but only 46% of the district and 22 percent of the 3100 counties. so this makes winning the house a tall order. and if democrats won the total house vote by 6.8 percent that would be quite a bit and perhaps put them in line for the majority. during the shutdown we saw ballot polling that showed the democrats near that and republicans in the danger zone. it has come back to earth since the affordable care act neutralized the damage and both fell. there...
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plan, iing for a new have seen the possibility of a $22 subsidy to help me with the monthly cost of $400. an increase in my health care cost i can't afford. i am a taxpaying and proud american that did not ask for this act and is now suffering because of it. cheryl wrote, not only do i have to pay twice the premiums, but it will be post tax a double hit. be ok orpoor i would if i work for a larger employer, i would be ok. are those of us trying to make a good living, we end up carrying this. this is not the american dream at all. on september 30, i received a letter from anthem informing me that my new payment to keep my current plan which i have had for over eight years will $.47 on $212 and january 1. that is a 2005 hundred $48.80 -- 2548.80 increase. roberta in nashua, like plenty of my constituents leading for asks to do what you can for us to keep our care and not be forced into purchasing exchange insurance which is so , it is not affordable. patients losing their doctors, i have also heard about another aspect and consequence of obamacare. from people working hard trying to make e
plan, iing for a new have seen the possibility of a $22 subsidy to help me with the monthly cost of $400. an increase in my health care cost i can't afford. i am a taxpaying and proud american that did not ask for this act and is now suffering because of it. cheryl wrote, not only do i have to pay twice the premiums, but it will be post tax a double hit. be ok orpoor i would if i work for a larger employer, i would be ok. are those of us trying to make a good living, we end up carrying this....
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i went to work on the job is 22. i paid my premiums every week, every month, on time. but, several months ago, i was diagnosed with breast cancer. when i went for my second treatment, i got a letter from our insurance company, canceling my policy. she said, i want to say to that gentleman, i thought i liked what i had, until i tried to use it. what the president said today, allows people who think they like what they have, to keep it. it also says to insurance companies, you must inform these people of what they have. when you inform them of what they have, they may not like that policy they have. they may not know what they do not have. that is what this is all about. i will close with the lady who called me several hours after. she sent me an e-mail. she said to me, i stayed up late last night. you remember we passed this bill late one sunday night. she said, i stayed up late and waited for this bill to pass. because i have not been able to sleep. for several days, i had just gotten a letter from my insurance company telling me my policy was being canceled because i
i went to work on the job is 22. i paid my premiums every week, every month, on time. but, several months ago, i was diagnosed with breast cancer. when i went for my second treatment, i got a letter from our insurance company, canceling my policy. she said, i want to say to that gentleman, i thought i liked what i had, until i tried to use it. what the president said today, allows people who think they like what they have, to keep it. it also says to insurance companies, you must inform these...
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hours afterening 24 president obama was and governor perry apostate speaking in dallas talking about -- governor perry's state in dallas talking about the obamacare law. tonight'sreview of speech and some comments on the appearance yesterday. president obama was fundraising in dallas yesterday. rick fund-raising and i with this evening. washington bureau chief for "dallas morning news" joins us by phone. texas is one of the chief sources of resistance to the healthcare law. what did the president accomplish in his visit yesterday? >> the primary goal seemed to be fund-raising and he raised a large sum and we don't know the exact amount for the democratic senatorial campaign committee which will go to states other than taxes because texas democrats are not very competitive. up for reelection but the democrats don't seem to be making a run at him. i was clearly a top goal. far as pitching obamacare, it does make sense for him in a lot of ways to go to a place like are a high there number of uninsured americans, a high percentage of texans, roughly one in four who lack health care cover
hours afterening 24 president obama was and governor perry apostate speaking in dallas talking about -- governor perry's state in dallas talking about the obamacare law. tonight'sreview of speech and some comments on the appearance yesterday. president obama was fundraising in dallas yesterday. rick fund-raising and i with this evening. washington bureau chief for "dallas morning news" joins us by phone. texas is one of the chief sources of resistance to the healthcare law. what did...
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guest: huge. .here was a 24-point gender gap president obama one women by 12 points. result of an early decision to run the war on women blitzingto just art ads especially in northern virginia targeting women as early as june, july focusing on birth control, abortion, a host of other issues to try to vote for mym to go college. the results coming in so far make it look like there is not a 24 point gender gap. this speaks to a broader republican challenge coming off of 2012 when this is obviously something that hurt romney a great deal. republicans had to deal with todd akin, richard murdoch. have thei is going to result of having a debate if he loses this race. should he have pushed back harder and try to keep the focus on the economy? that is what fiscal conservatives will say. they cannot nominate someone who is so passionately antiabortion and strong on other social issues. of comparison, in 2009, bob mcdonnell easily winning his term, the only state in the country that requires the governor to serve one term, but .etting 1.1 million votes .he turn out was that abo
guest: huge. .here was a 24-point gender gap president obama one women by 12 points. result of an early decision to run the war on women blitzingto just art ads especially in northern virginia targeting women as early as june, july focusing on birth control, abortion, a host of other issues to try to vote for mym to go college. the results coming in so far make it look like there is not a 24 point gender gap. this speaks to a broader republican challenge coming off of 2012 when this is...
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her 2200 $88 per and shopping for a new plan, i'm seeing the possibility of a $22 subsidy to help me with a monthly cost of $400. an increase of my health care i cannot afford. class, ahe middle taxpaying and proud american that did not act -- asked for this act and is now suffering because of it. cheryl says not only do i have to pay twice the premium but it will be post tax, a double hit. if i was poor, i would be ok. to for those of us trying make a good living and be responsible, productive citizens, we end up carrying this. this is not the american dream out all. salem says on september 30 he received a letter from and some informing that the new payment to keep my current plan, which i have had for over eight years will increase 212 dollars $.47 on january 1. increase for48 2014. this is what obamacare is doing to the middle class. and roberta in nashua is pleading for help. she wrote, please hear my plea and see what you can do to help us keep our care and not be forced into purchasing exchange insurance which is so costly and will be a financial hardship for us. it is not aff
her 2200 $88 per and shopping for a new plan, i'm seeing the possibility of a $22 subsidy to help me with a monthly cost of $400. an increase of my health care i cannot afford. class, ahe middle taxpaying and proud american that did not act -- asked for this act and is now suffering because of it. cheryl says not only do i have to pay twice the premium but it will be post tax, a double hit. if i was poor, i would be ok. to for those of us trying make a good living and be responsible, productive...
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lines with a diameter of eight to 24 inches that will move high-volume soup crude oil. it's by far the most efficient way and most cost-effective way to transport crude. but we have now are places like north dakota circumventing the traditional pipeline transportation structure and they are taking fuel directly to refineries in the upper midwest. by truck, by trained anyway they can get it there. this places the demand for fuel coming from cushing reversing some of the pipelines and build new infrastructure to get crude oil from cushing south to gulf coast refineries which will display some of the imported crude typically used on the golf course -- gulf coast and those have begun to export refined products into latin america and south america. so it's all about building an infrastructure to connect the production to the consumption. the pipeline transportation is the most efficient and cost-effective way to do that long run. >> host: with all that laying on the table at me turn to viewers. her couple of tweets, one from jody who says there is a whole new industry for re
lines with a diameter of eight to 24 inches that will move high-volume soup crude oil. it's by far the most efficient way and most cost-effective way to transport crude. but we have now are places like north dakota circumventing the traditional pipeline transportation structure and they are taking fuel directly to refineries in the upper midwest. by truck, by trained anyway they can get it there. this places the demand for fuel coming from cushing reversing some of the pipelines and build new...
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about 55 or 60,000 miles would be really trunk lines with diameter of 8 to 24 inches that really move high volumes of crude oil. and it's by far the most efficient way, cost effective way to transport crude. what we have happening right now is in places like north akota and the balken shails, circumventing the pipeline struct you are and they are taking fuel directly to refineries in the upper midwest by truck, by train, any way that they can get it there. so that displaces some of the demand for fuel coming from cushing, we're reversing some of the pipelines and trying to build new infrastructure to get crude oil from cushing south to gulf coast refineries which will displace some of the imported crude that are typically useed there at those ports of import on the gulf coast and those will be reversed in flow and we will begin to export refined products into latin america and south america. so it's about building the appropriate infrastructure to connect the production to the consumption bearing in mind that pipeline is really the safest, most cost effective way to move it in the lon
about 55 or 60,000 miles would be really trunk lines with diameter of 8 to 24 inches that really move high volumes of crude oil. and it's by far the most efficient way, cost effective way to transport crude. what we have happening right now is in places like north akota and the balken shails, circumventing the pipeline struct you are and they are taking fuel directly to refineries in the upper midwest by truck, by train, any way that they can get it there. so that displaces some of the demand...
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i recently was with a 24-year- old woman in austin, texas. she recently started a new job. while her employer didn't offer health insurance, they offered to subsidize insurance purchased on the individual market. unfortunately, the plans she found run between $500 and $700. even with help from her employer, it was more than she could afford. once the market place (she was able to enroll in coverage for only $140 a month. the help she is receiving from her employer, her monthly out- of-pocket premium will only be about $70 a month. we are determined to create more success stories like this. we are committed to pushing forward so we can do just that. i am going to turn the call over to julie. >> thank you, madam secretary. thank you all for joining us. as secretary sebelius just noted, we fully expect these enrollment numbers to grow over time. not only as we continue to make fixes to healthcare.gov, but also as we continue our aggressive outreach and education efforts. we are working 24/7 to make improvements to healthcare.gov. we are making progress. i the end of the month,
i recently was with a 24-year- old woman in austin, texas. she recently started a new job. while her employer didn't offer health insurance, they offered to subsidize insurance purchased on the individual market. unfortunately, the plans she found run between $500 and $700. even with help from her employer, it was more than she could afford. once the market place (she was able to enroll in coverage for only $140 a month. the help she is receiving from her employer, her monthly out- of-pocket...
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it is twice as high for 20 to 24-year-olds. there is some sense that employers are not understand what is these folks did when they were in uniform. these people are not effectively articulating what it was that they did and therefore there is a disconnect which is not allowing them to get the jobs. we have some things to help. you can take your occupational specialty and translated to sell it makes sense to an employer that does not exactly do what you did when you were in uniform. >> is it mostly a training transitioning issue? guest: there is a burden on both sides. there is a burden on the job seeker to package themselves in a way that resonates with a potential employer. employers on not necessarily going to do it for them. let's say i was a truck driver in afghanistan. i did these high risk convoys. now i am ready to get out but i want to be a sales rep for a company or want to get into marketing. how you make yourself attract to a potential employer is on you but also on the employer to understand the attributes you coul
it is twice as high for 20 to 24-year-olds. there is some sense that employers are not understand what is these folks did when they were in uniform. these people are not effectively articulating what it was that they did and therefore there is a disconnect which is not allowing them to get the jobs. we have some things to help. you can take your occupational specialty and translated to sell it makes sense to an employer that does not exactly do what you did when you were in uniform. >> is...
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chairman, there is a report that was published on april 24 of 2012 entitled cybersecurity impacts threatening the nation, and i would like to enter this into the record. everybody -- i invite to take a look at this. it was a homeland secure the committee talking about threats our nation is facing. intelligence community, homeland security. numbers of congress websites that have been hacked into. we need to do more to make sure you're keeping information secure. has been talked about a bit, but on the front page of "the washington post," there was an article linked b that describes an analysis in 2013 that identifies risks in healthcare.gov. did you see the report at the time it was published in march and april of 2013? >> no, i did not. >> so you're not the best person to comment on how hhs responded to its findings? >> yes. >> this illustrates the number of problems and how this has been handled. the perception that has been created when you withhold documents from the committee, and when you play games with leaking material to that press without context, it makes it appear your more interes
chairman, there is a report that was published on april 24 of 2012 entitled cybersecurity impacts threatening the nation, and i would like to enter this into the record. everybody -- i invite to take a look at this. it was a homeland secure the committee talking about threats our nation is facing. intelligence community, homeland security. numbers of congress websites that have been hacked into. we need to do more to make sure you're keeping information secure. has been talked about a bit, but...
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obama -- since obama took office in january 2009. even for the election, obama said he would budget in place the regulation of encrypt any one wanted to build a coal-fired power plant and the promise he has kept. today, our electricity grid is straining to meet demand. the opposed roll areas of the connectors district as recently as three weeks ago while this blackout are voluntary response to the temporary conditions. the reality is i matter how you cut it, the voluntary blackout, allowing massive blackouts in urban areas. i believe inside a wiki for electric generation switch between fields including coal, natural gas or renewables to our member 35 years ago for the beginning of the great recession when the world economy was screaming out. every cubic foot of natural gas and other sources of energy we could find. all forms of energy going out because he simply couldn't find an effort for the demand. ultimately, we'll find her way out of the current economic downturn in the world to do something and when we do, we will not again i a
obama -- since obama took office in january 2009. even for the election, obama said he would budget in place the regulation of encrypt any one wanted to build a coal-fired power plant and the promise he has kept. today, our electricity grid is straining to meet demand. the opposed roll areas of the connectors district as recently as three weeks ago while this blackout are voluntary response to the temporary conditions. the reality is i matter how you cut it, the voluntary blackout, allowing...
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and that a democratic side-by-side amendment be in order to be called up, that notwithstanding rule 22, those amendments remain in order and that both amendments be subject to a 60-vote affirmative threshold for adoption. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: reserving the right to object, the senator from louisiana has been holding things up in the senate for weeks, but he is -- for weeks. what he is now asking of the senate is every other senator take second fiddle to him. i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. vitter: madam president, again, i'm open to any reasonable path forward that would produce this one simple, straightforward vote on pure disclosure, information that i think should clearly be public information, and so as a third alternative, i ask unanimous consent that the homeland security and government affairs committee be discharged from further consideration of s. 1629 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. i further ask consent that there be 60 minute
and that a democratic side-by-side amendment be in order to be called up, that notwithstanding rule 22, those amendments remain in order and that both amendments be subject to a 60-vote affirmative threshold for adoption. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: reserving the right to object, the senator from louisiana has been holding things up in the senate for weeks, but he is -- for weeks. what he is now...
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ford motor company was given the b-24 bomber which was a problematic airplane. it was the newest airplane we had, it was still if development stages, and -- in development stages, and they wanted to mass produce this airplane. so ford said i'm not just going to build parts, i'll build complete airplanes. they took what had been done as individual pieces, and they took the engineering drawings and designed it to -- a massive press would knock out thousands of pieces that would go onto the assembly line and basically workers with just a little bit of training could assemble these airplanes. and in 45% of the four-engine bombers built in the united states were delivered here at willow run, and that was one of 11 factories building the b-24 bomber. >> saving the little piece of this plant that was so important to that story is just, is beyond words. i can't describe the feeling we will all have and the big smiles once we pull this off. we did something here in detroit that was not done anywhere else in the world, and it literally saved the world from the axis powers
ford motor company was given the b-24 bomber which was a problematic airplane. it was the newest airplane we had, it was still if development stages, and -- in development stages, and they wanted to mass produce this airplane. so ford said i'm not just going to build parts, i'll build complete airplanes. they took what had been done as individual pieces, and they took the engineering drawings and designed it to -- a massive press would knock out thousands of pieces that would go onto the...
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they participate from 24% most likely to reside vat the nine participating inmates recently given new authorities to seek work and pursue potential projects under the prison industries enhancement certification program and we're working dill gently to maximize these opportunities. we have more than 450 inmates working on repatriation projects. we work with many experts that inmates are triaged to assess risk and determine appropriate programs to reduce such risk. high risk offenders are the first priority for treatment as they pose the greatest public safety risk when released. the safety of staff inmates are the highest priority. we have several changes to end hains safety and security. i have recent advantages. we expanded the availability of pepper spray for the staff to use in situations. we have developed plans to add a correctional officer in the housing during hours and we made significant advances in reducing use of restrictive housing and expanding drug use programs. the mission of the bureau prisons is challenging. maintaining high levels of security and ensuring inmates act
they participate from 24% most likely to reside vat the nine participating inmates recently given new authorities to seek work and pursue potential projects under the prison industries enhancement certification program and we're working dill gently to maximize these opportunities. we have more than 450 inmates working on repatriation projects. we work with many experts that inmates are triaged to assess risk and determine appropriate programs to reduce such risk. high risk offenders are the...
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, new micromanagement. that's not the direction we need to go. unless the story is that the auto maker can take a car from concept to customer in less than 24 months, if a computer company can change its manufacturing requirements in a day, if boeing can take a commercial airliner and develop and field it in less than five years, surely to goodness, we can do better than we're doing now for the men and women who risk their lives to serve our country around the globe. as with most things, i think the key factor comes down to people. one thing is we're making it harder and harder for people who know what they're doing to serve in the system. and that's a problem. we also have to hone in on the reasons that good people who are in the system act rationally but their decisions are not good for getting the best value for the taxpayers. so it seems to me incentives in the system are incredibly important. we've got to ask, what does the system encourage someone to do? the simplest example is it encourages you to sp
, new micromanagement. that's not the direction we need to go. unless the story is that the auto maker can take a car from concept to customer in less than 24 months, if a computer company can change its manufacturing requirements in a day, if boeing can take a commercial airliner and develop and field it in less than five years, surely to goodness, we can do better than we're doing now for the men and women who risk their lives to serve our country around the globe. as with most things, i...
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the last election it was 77 / 22. the parts of texas that are not in the metro plaque san antonio or austen or houston cody almost 70 percent jimmy carter. 76 texas went democratic california when a republican and for ford. things have changed politically in the last 40 year period the carter for the election is a little bit of a misleading precedent because each party nominated from their historic homeland ford from michigan and jimmy carter from georgia they don't call him general sherman they just call him sherman. one of my favorite political statistics is the number two-stage jfk 1960 the number one state was rhode island number two was not massachusetts it was georgia. why did george of votes heavily? because sherman had marched through the imprint lasted a long time. we have different cultural parameters wide we have a country eckhardt going into the 2012 election cycle with mild to run negative ratings of the house of representatives and most people vote straight tickets why did we reelect the house of represe
the last election it was 77 / 22. the parts of texas that are not in the metro plaque san antonio or austen or houston cody almost 70 percent jimmy carter. 76 texas went democratic california when a republican and for ford. things have changed politically in the last 40 year period the carter for the election is a little bit of a misleading precedent because each party nominated from their historic homeland ford from michigan and jimmy carter from georgia they don't call him general sherman...
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most recently, october 22. push for negotiations, but help the moderate opposition be in a position itself to press for concessions from the regime when it gets there. yes are source of pressure were below the russians. secretary kerry has talked extensively with russian foreign minister laugher off. based -- laugher off -- lavrov. they speak several times a week on syria. the russians share an interest with us in syria about not having that country become a ace extremism. basis of concerned about the country, were assad to leave, becoming totally an anarchichal place, and talk about needing a manage transition. you cannot have that until the opposition is forward proposals that the russians and the others can look at, senator. otherwise we are in an absurd chicken and egg situation. i've been talking extensively to the opposition about putting some things on the table that the russians and the rest of the international community and, most importantly, other syrian's can look at to say -- >> give us a sense of
most recently, october 22. push for negotiations, but help the moderate opposition be in a position itself to press for concessions from the regime when it gets there. yes are source of pressure were below the russians. secretary kerry has talked extensively with russian foreign minister laugher off. based -- laugher off -- lavrov. they speak several times a week on syria. the russians share an interest with us in syria about not having that country become a ace extremism. basis of concerned...
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november 22 is nine days away. and we don't have any schedule meetings between the 22nd and december 2nd. so this is a matter of some urgency. so our colleagues on the appropriation committees which includes my friend miss loy and myself have the opportunity to get about the business of arriving at real spending bills. this is a bigger and littler problem than what we're faced with. he has given us a wonderful presentation of long-term debt. we don't disagree with any of that. he is right. we need to address it. on the other hand, the more immediate problem, the two bodies are $90 billion apart. we ought to be able to give the appropriation a number for both fiscal year 14. i would hope fiscal year 15 as well. so they can have an uninterrupted stretch of time to deal with the budget. let me ask you this question. i would ask you if you could, you may not be able to do this off the top of your head, proubbly can't, are there enough savings in the three budgets to bridge the gap between the house and the senate budge
november 22 is nine days away. and we don't have any schedule meetings between the 22nd and december 2nd. so this is a matter of some urgency. so our colleagues on the appropriation committees which includes my friend miss loy and myself have the opportunity to get about the business of arriving at real spending bills. this is a bigger and littler problem than what we're faced with. he has given us a wonderful presentation of long-term debt. we don't disagree with any of that. he is right. we...
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although the overall unemployment rate in a tovar was 7.3% the unemployment rate for people between 20 and 24 years of age was 12.5%, much much higher. the unemployment rate for people with less than a high school diploma was almost 11%. the unemployment rate for african-americans was a little over 13% so it's a tremendous and of course there are groups of people for whom the unemployment was less than the national average so there's a tremendous -- and how this recession has hurt people and whether people's fortunes have improved or not during this recovery and they're a long-term trends in which a larger over time growing share of the total national income is going to people at the higher end of the income distribution and more particularly many points have experienced a rather small income in orbit. of many years. we have done an ongoing analysis of that i'm working now to update our analysis. there will be one shortly from us to look at the discretion of the federal tax burden distribution of income in the country. on your point about tax expenditures the term tax expenditures is an old t
although the overall unemployment rate in a tovar was 7.3% the unemployment rate for people between 20 and 24 years of age was 12.5%, much much higher. the unemployment rate for people with less than a high school diploma was almost 11%. the unemployment rate for african-americans was a little over 13% so it's a tremendous and of course there are groups of people for whom the unemployment was less than the national average so there's a tremendous -- and how this recession has hurt people and...
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really what we're looking at is a 24-hour news cycle. people are asleep in new york and waking up in china, , we want the ability for them to come together to the side and see something may be this point ofto view. that does not mean that the stories will be different. we will put different stories in .ifferent places all of this as being german by the fact that more and more people can create the content experience they value. , theyy care about sports can put that higher. adaptationthe human as well. be an ongoing issue as we learn more and more how to do this. no question. >> our strategy has been to partner with local news providers. most of our international editions have a local large media partner. we believe we are getting the best at the huffington post plus the best of what is actually local in france together, the example i used with the pope. i think it's really competitive. we plan on competing. >> is it also political? is there a point of view issue? political scientist as well as a journalistic side. i don't know. i'm aski
really what we're looking at is a 24-hour news cycle. people are asleep in new york and waking up in china, , we want the ability for them to come together to the side and see something may be this point ofto view. that does not mean that the stories will be different. we will put different stories in .ifferent places all of this as being german by the fact that more and more people can create the content experience they value. , theyy care about sports can put that higher. adaptationthe human...
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according to news reports just 24 hours before this deadly incident, the young man underwent an emergency psychiatric evaluation but couldn't get the in-patient treatment he needed. his story ended like too many others suffering from serious mental illness -- in a violent death. why did the system fail him? mr. murphy: there were no psychiatric beds available. 55,000 beds e were oday less than -- $there are fewer. i'm introducing a bill to increase options and make that our people is get the help they need. i ask my colleagues to join me in working for these mental health reforms so families can share the joy of recovery insthofede sadness of loss. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition? >> i request permission to address the house for one mip. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. tsongas: i rise to recognize national alzheimer's awareness month. one of my constituents, allen holbrooke, lost his wife this year after their family endured her eight-year battle w
according to news reports just 24 hours before this deadly incident, the young man underwent an emergency psychiatric evaluation but couldn't get the in-patient treatment he needed. his story ended like too many others suffering from serious mental illness -- in a violent death. why did the system fail him? mr. murphy: there were no psychiatric beds available. 55,000 beds e were oday less than -- $there are fewer. i'm introducing a bill to increase options and make that our people is get the...
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for a poor person's family, the poverty line is around 22, $20,000 a year. so a poor person family is expected to have that much money to meet their basic needs. it had more than that, they are not poor but have less are considered poor. >> host: would talk about poverty in america with robert rector and isabel sawhill of the brookings institution. want to bring into the conversation. for democrats that number is (202) 585-3880. republicans, (202) 585-3881. for independence, 202-58-5388 q. bring it back to you. is it commits when we think of poverty we think about inner cities. is a concentrated they are where? >> it's defined, it is more concentrated in inner cities, slightly more. des moines -- the main point is we have a picture about poverty and as this condition of extreme deprivation and i don't want to suggest that those families and extreme deprivation don't exist at all. that would be ridiculous, but to say that they are one in six families in the united states is just wrong. there's much, much smaller portion of things. one of the problems when the
for a poor person's family, the poverty line is around 22, $20,000 a year. so a poor person family is expected to have that much money to meet their basic needs. it had more than that, they are not poor but have less are considered poor. >> host: would talk about poverty in america with robert rector and isabel sawhill of the brookings institution. want to bring into the conversation. for democrats that number is (202) 585-3880. republicans, (202) 585-3881. for independence, 202-58-5388...
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we are working 24/7 to make improvements to healthcare.gov. we are making progress so that by the end of the month, the site will be working smoothly for the vast majority of users. this means by the end of november, users will be able to move faster through the system, see fewer error messages, experience less timeouts, and be able to complete their application and enrollment in one sitting, if they choose to. as of today, the site's error rate is down to less than one percent. project, this is a dynamic online environment and a process that will be ongoing. we will continually be making featuresnts and adding and delivering new content. can best respond to ongoing consumer demand over time. with f is well underway to ensure healthcare.gov functions more smoothly for users, we are continuing and intensifying our out reach enrollment efforts. for example can best respond to ongoing consumer demand over , more than 18,000 people nationwide have been trained to help consumers learn about and apply for coverage in person. theave partnered with in
we are working 24/7 to make improvements to healthcare.gov. we are making progress so that by the end of the month, the site will be working smoothly for the vast majority of users. this means by the end of november, users will be able to move faster through the system, see fewer error messages, experience less timeouts, and be able to complete their application and enrollment in one sitting, if they choose to. as of today, the site's error rate is down to less than one percent. project, this...
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so the issues we're focusing on are not just bitcoin, but, for example, there are 22 million users today of russia's web money. we have talked about liberty reserve and the case that was made there, $6 billion in illegal money laundry. so i think we're discovering it's a complex issue, but i think it's one that is addressable, and i think the most encouraging thing to me is i now believe it's addressable using many of the tools and laws that we already have in place. that one of the biggest challenges for policymakers is simply to increase the level of awareness so that countries around the world will begin to use the tools they already have. awareness so that countries around the world will begin to use the tools they already have. >> well, that in part is the reason why we're having this hearing. good. i was talking with a fellow that goes to the same church as we do in delaware. he's in the auto business. sells a lot of cars in our state. and he was talking about the work of the consumer finance protection bureau. established a couple years ago. hopefully to look out for the interest
so the issues we're focusing on are not just bitcoin, but, for example, there are 22 million users today of russia's web money. we have talked about liberty reserve and the case that was made there, $6 billion in illegal money laundry. so i think we're discovering it's a complex issue, but i think it's one that is addressable, and i think the most encouraging thing to me is i now believe it's addressable using many of the tools and laws that we already have in place. that one of the biggest...
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p.m., november 22, author. coverage continues on sunday with a lyndon johnson's address to congress. your questions live with lbj biographer and presidential historian. followed at 6:00 p.m. with nbc state funeral. remembering jfk on american tv this weekend on c-span 3. fun to have it was a little view of history of a time in america that was not --tructional for the instructional. and a more anecdotal little bit more archaeological meaning random. you look at them as he bunches of where photos and the captions explaining down. i had a vision of high school students flipping through them and loving history if they could. moves from cable to author with "the big picture." >> alliance health reform held a discussion about the rollout of the marketplaces under the affordable care act. sara collins of the commonwealth showingeased a survey 200,000 people have signed up for coverage so far. of this law, the affordable care act, the degree it is being implemented at the state level and the local politics and decisio
p.m., november 22, author. coverage continues on sunday with a lyndon johnson's address to congress. your questions live with lbj biographer and presidential historian. followed at 6:00 p.m. with nbc state funeral. remembering jfk on american tv this weekend on c-span 3. fun to have it was a little view of history of a time in america that was not --tructional for the instructional. and a more anecdotal little bit more archaeological meaning random. you look at them as he bunches of where...
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in 2018 we are going to have those 24 or 25 open seats again. those will be the governors in office when they redraw the map. they need to be thinking about that governor's race. it will be a wild ride. >> 83% of state legislative seats will be on the ballot next year. so in terms of who's going to be around drawing maps and in 2021, it will be impacted by some elections between now and then. another question? right here. >> could you comment on the implementation or lack thereof of the affordable care act on the election? >> oh come on. can i get this? >> sure. >> manager for a cooking company, we will let jennifer -- >> i want to tell you in october i knew we were not going to keep the insurance we liked. when i found out the district put all employers into the district exchange, trying to broker the next one, how could you let this happen? anyway, i think there are a lot of problems here, not just the web site itself, but the rollout which wasn't technological failure of public relations, but now they are having a huge trust problem and confi
in 2018 we are going to have those 24 or 25 open seats again. those will be the governors in office when they redraw the map. they need to be thinking about that governor's race. it will be a wild ride. >> 83% of state legislative seats will be on the ballot next year. so in terms of who's going to be around drawing maps and in 2021, it will be impacted by some elections between now and then. another question? right here. >> could you comment on the implementation or lack thereof of...
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the scope of the contract. >> okay. >> monitoring. >> have you detected any activity since october 22 that you consider to be out of the ordinary? >> we would detect activity on a daily, if not hourly basis, that's part of the nature of the security monitorings, whether it's extreme or out of the ordinary, there's nothing that's been brought to my attention. >> would that be, then, reported to cms? >> yes. there's an incident response plan, and we follow the procedures of the plan. >> have you seen anything that would indicate some terrible problem with the website vis-a-vis security? >> nothing that i've seen or that's been escalated to me, no. >> okay. there's another contractor, as i understand, that's also asked to look at other aspects, and that's verizon. they are not here today. is that your understanding as well? >> yes, yes. >> so is, ms. bauer, has your company worked with cms before on security issues? >> no, we have not, but we have other security work. >> okay. okay. mr. amsler, what about your company? >> not directly for cms, but other hhs. >> okay. you wouldn't know wh
the scope of the contract. >> okay. >> monitoring. >> have you detected any activity since october 22 that you consider to be out of the ordinary? >> we would detect activity on a daily, if not hourly basis, that's part of the nature of the security monitorings, whether it's extreme or out of the ordinary, there's nothing that's been brought to my attention. >> would that be, then, reported to cms? >> yes. there's an incident response plan, and we follow the...
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palestine, november 22, 1963, within 1 minute several dallas police officers ran up the grassy knoll. why? because many people reporting to it as the source of the least some of the gunfire. the first officer up there, joe marshall smith, had his gun drawn because he suspected to find an armed gunman. instead he encountered a man who was asked who he was and he presented secret service credentials. smith was somewhere with the secret service credentials. they were often condemned for one reason or the other. two other officers reported essentially the same thing but apparently there was more than one with secret service credentials up on the grassy know. frankly, there was one problem. the secret service and the one commission and anyone else who looked at it has identified the location of every single secret service officer at that time. no one was in dealey plaza. all of the secret service officers are taught to go with their protectee. they went to parking hospital with the president and the vice president, soon to be president johnson. who were these people? with secret service cr
palestine, november 22, 1963, within 1 minute several dallas police officers ran up the grassy knoll. why? because many people reporting to it as the source of the least some of the gunfire. the first officer up there, joe marshall smith, had his gun drawn because he suspected to find an armed gunman. instead he encountered a man who was asked who he was and he presented secret service credentials. smith was somewhere with the secret service credentials. they were often condemned for one reason...
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the obamacar obama administratid a special rule for congress to take all of the financial sting out of the provision. the rule basically said two things, both of which i this are outrageous and contrary to the statute itself. first of all, it said, you know, i know the law says all official staff go to the exchanges, but we don't know who there is a. we don't know who official thas staff are so we're going to leave it up to each individual member of congress to designate who is official staff, who must go to the exchanges for their health care. well, mr. president, i just think that is flat-out ridiculous. the law, the statute clearly says, all official congressional staff a, and to create this opportunity for exemption where each individual member designates staff as official or not is silly. that designation, by the way, happened last week and some members have actually said, none of my staff is official. i have no official staff for purposes of this section, so none of my staff go to the exchanges. that's outrageous. other members said, well, my personal office straff is official, l
the obamacar obama administratid a special rule for congress to take all of the financial sting out of the provision. the rule basically said two things, both of which i this are outrageous and contrary to the statute itself. first of all, it said, you know, i know the law says all official staff go to the exchanges, but we don't know who there is a. we don't know who official thas staff are so we're going to leave it up to each individual member of congress to designate who is official staff,...
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good news or bad news, they heard it from me. we had to stop, as a party, going back to the old tried and true ways of running these campaigns. they are not working. we need someone who is going to be clear, direct, authentic, and say what they think. if that is good enough, it is good enough. if it's not, it's not. changing things around, changing positions, trying to look at something -- what does he want to hear? trying to figure it out, then say it, and pray to god he never remembers that you actually promised to do that because you have no intention of doing it, that is not the way to win. in the long-term. >> one more question? >> when you were talking about the affordable health care act, you mentioned we had a government that had people who do not know how to do things. have you given thought to, as president -- i know it is premature -- but how would you put together a federal government of people who know how to do things? >> i don't know. it is i am not president. but i would tell you, as governor, i have people in my
good news or bad news, they heard it from me. we had to stop, as a party, going back to the old tried and true ways of running these campaigns. they are not working. we need someone who is going to be clear, direct, authentic, and say what they think. if that is good enough, it is good enough. if it's not, it's not. changing things around, changing positions, trying to look at something -- what does he want to hear? trying to figure it out, then say it, and pray to god he never remembers that...
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i think it's on pages 22 to 24 of your brief. and you say it would be proper to have certain checks in that setting. so for one, make sure that the entrance and the exit is easy. for another, inform the people in town of the tradition so they won't be confused. but you recognize on the one hand that this isn't like congress or the nebraska legislature, and then you say these would be nice things to do. are you saying just that it would be good and proper or are you saying it would be necessary given the hybrid nature of this body? >> so, your honor, with respect to some of the things we identify which are similar to the ones that justice breyer recommended, i think our view is they're more akin to safe harbors, that there are undoubtedly advancement challenges that could be brought. and to the extent that the town can point to things such as -- such as public criteria and things like that, that is helpful. with respect to the -- the public forum aspect, i don't think we have a position as to whether it is required, but we do thin
i think it's on pages 22 to 24 of your brief. and you say it would be proper to have certain checks in that setting. so for one, make sure that the entrance and the exit is easy. for another, inform the people in town of the tradition so they won't be confused. but you recognize on the one hand that this isn't like congress or the nebraska legislature, and then you say these would be nice things to do. are you saying just that it would be good and proper or are you saying it would be necessary...
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a day, 365 days a year watching that. >> you have a 24/7 control center. we visited that in september. we can't show our viewers the computer screen but explain what happens at the control center. what are they looking for? >> day-to-day life of one of our operators, we have pump orders, or orders which are basically directives from our customers. they want a batch of crude taken from a third party terminal brought in to our terminal and stored or they want it brought in from a third party terminal through our terminal to a pipeline that we feed to take it to a market, whether that be chicago or the gulf coast, wherever that may be. >> i want to end our conversation with you, before we go on to other folks there, talk about how specifically at the enbridge terminal, your business has changed with the rise of oil production and natural gas production in this country. >> there's really a dynamic shift in the crude oil markets here in north america. we have pipes today, that used to bring offshore crude from tankers into cushing and then distribute it to mark
a day, 365 days a year watching that. >> you have a 24/7 control center. we visited that in september. we can't show our viewers the computer screen but explain what happens at the control center. what are they looking for? >> day-to-day life of one of our operators, we have pump orders, or orders which are basically directives from our customers. they want a batch of crude taken from a third party terminal brought in to our terminal and stored or they want it brought in from a...
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listen, i have a completely democratic legislature in new jersey. 24/16 in the state senate. it's not like it's close, everybody. this is strongly democrat. how do we get pension reform done? how do we cap property taxes, and cut business taxes and do all of these things that don't appear to be traditional democratic things with a democratic legislature? it's about human relationships. i mean, you know, the fact of the matter is nobody in the city talks to anybody each other. or don't speak to each other civilly. they don't develop relationships or any sense of trust between each other. then they expect when the kind of problems you talk about that video come up big, difficult, contentious problems, they're going to be able to get to a room and fix it. >> who do you blame for that? >> first and foremost. the president. if you're the executive you're the person in charge of making it happen. it it i wait for the leaders in the legislature to wait for them to come to me. they are elected not lead. [laughter] that's it. members of congress, members of state legislature they don'
listen, i have a completely democratic legislature in new jersey. 24/16 in the state senate. it's not like it's close, everybody. this is strongly democrat. how do we get pension reform done? how do we cap property taxes, and cut business taxes and do all of these things that don't appear to be traditional democratic things with a democratic legislature? it's about human relationships. i mean, you know, the fact of the matter is nobody in the city talks to anybody each other. or don't speak to...
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we have worked with them for good news bad news story on one hand. we're there five or six times a year responding to disasters. the bad news we're there five or six times a year. we have a long-standing relationship with the natural disaster authorities there. we work very well together. they are in the lead. they have been providingto invaluable information on priorities and needs. the u.n. activated called the cluster system, which is globally recognized system for coordinating response across the united nations ngos and humanitarian actors. humanitarian actors. that is co-led with the government of the philippines. they are directly integrated into that. we are working very closely with that. and within the u.s. government doing nightly interagency calls and a variety of other mechanisms to make sure that we have our own house in order. it's been going fairly well so far as more and more ngos come in it will become a greater challenge. >> does the government of the philippines coordinate the capacities of the ngos and the need, the capacities of
we have worked with them for good news bad news story on one hand. we're there five or six times a year responding to disasters. the bad news we're there five or six times a year. we have a long-standing relationship with the natural disaster authorities there. we work very well together. they are in the lead. they have been providingto invaluable information on priorities and needs. the u.n. activated called the cluster system, which is globally recognized system for coordinating response...